Anti Piracy

Digilox, an R&D unit of Hyderabad-based Globarena Group, has announced solutions for piracy deterrence at Bangalore IT.COM. Digilox anti-piracy products are available for protecting software applications written in Java and other languages, documents distributed over internet, and for securing other important communication. "Prevention of piracy requires a three pronged attack ? technical, legal and business," says Mr Naren Ayyar, CEO of the Globarena group. Mr Ayyar said business incentives...

BEIJING: China today strongly defended the docking of its submarines at Colombo port as well as the high interests rates charged for its loans asserting that these were done at the instance of the previous government, brushing aside concerns expressed by new Sri Lankan Foreign Minister. "We had the consent of the Sri Lanka side in advance," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters responding to Mangala Samaraweera's comments that the new government will not permit...

NEW DELHI: Global footwear and apparel company Nike has conducted one of the largest anti-piracy operations in Delhi's Gandhinagar, one of Asia's largest garment markets. Over a hundred shops in Delhi's Gandhinagar market were found stocking and selling counterfeit Nike goods in wholesale and retail. On July 3, 2002, Nike had filed proceedings against six specific shops in the Gandhinagar market. The Association of Wholesale Readymade Garments, Gandhi Nagar was also made a party.

AMSTERDAM: A few technology companies are overcharging for anti-piracy software needed for digital music stores on the net, preventing the emergence of open standards, electronics goods makers have said. Several consumer electronics makers balk at the $1 charge for anti-piracy technology proposed by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), they said. The OMA is a group of handset makers, wireless telecoms operators and other technology companies. Mobile phone makers said $1 per...

NEW DELHI: Contrary to Italy's case that its two Marines killed two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 out of mistaken identity, suspecting them to be pirates advancing towards the ship they were guarding, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claims to have proof that the Marines used deadly force without any provocation and that they had no reason to believe that the boat approaching them had pirates on board. A senior NIA official has revealed to ET...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today fixed for February 20, 2015, hearing of the case involving two Italian marines, facing murder charges in India, after it was informed that one of the accused has been allowed by the Supreme Court to travel to his country for medical treatment for four months. The matter came up for hearing before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Neena Bansal Krishna and the counsel appearing for accused Massimiliano Latorre ,...

NEW DELHI: Buoyed with the success of 33 per cent drop in the piracy of Hollywood movies within seven years of its initiative, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) on Wednesday launched a reward-based anti-piracy programme to combat the problems of illegal CD-R and DVD-R manufacturing in India which has been causing the American film industry a loss of $75 million a year. MPA, which represents major United States picture companies in the international market, said through its solicitor's...

Defense department officials in the USA has floated the idea of taking the fight to the pirates on land, authorizing countries to use military force - including air strikes - to stop pirates before they take to the seas. Anti-piracy efforts now consist primarily of NATO warships and other naval forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.The proposal is scheduled to be voted on by the UN Security Council in its next meeting. The resolution needs to be approved by nine...

BEIJING: China's anti-piracy efforts are beginning to yield results as there has been a sharp rise in the number of firms using copyrighted software in the recent months. The number of firms using copyrighted software rose to 2,300 by February seven from 1,500 in December last year. A 53 per cent jump has been reported in the number of companies using copyrighted software since the new stricter anti-piracy laws came effect in April 2006, the...

NEW DELHI: Strengthening their anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden, India, China and Japan have agreed for better coordination among their navies for deployment and escorting merchant vessels. Informing the Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister A K Antony said, "India, China and Japan have recently agreed for better coordination amongst their Naval ships deployed for anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. " He said that as per the convoy coordination plans...

NEW DELHI; The anti-piracy law SUA is meant to prevent pirates and protect vessels and it should not be applied to the case relating to the Italian marines being tried for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, the Law Ministry has opined. SUA attracts death penalty as maximum punishment. In its opinion given to the Home Ministry on Saturday, the Law Ministry said SUA was meant to discourage piracy with an aim is to protect vessels, therefore...

NEW DELHI: India and China today agreed to hold a maritime dialogue this year to exchange views on issues including cooperations between their maritime agencies and freedom of navigation. The proposed discussion on freedom of navigation assumes significance as few years ago China had raised objections over the presence of Indian warships in the South China Sea, where it claims territorial sovereignty and New Delhi has been demanding that there...

NEW DELHI: India today said the case involving two Italian marines was about ensuring that those who are charged with the death of Indian nationals are held accountable as per law and that it was not a bilateral matter. "This is not a bilateral issue between India and Italy. It is a legal issue about ensuring that those who are charged with the death of Indian nationals are held to account for it in accordance with Indian law," the Spokesperson in the Ministry of...

NEW DELHI: Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012 will not be prosecuted under the stringent anti-piracy SUA law that attracts death penalty as maximum punishment, the Centre today told the Supreme Court. The Centre told the court that the contentious issue between India and Italy on slapping Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation And Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act (SUA) against...

NEW DELHI; The anti-piracy law SUA is meant to prevent pirates and protect vessels and it should not be applied to the case relating to the Italian marines being tried for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, the Law Ministry has opined. SUA attracts death penalty as maximum punishment. In its opinion given to the Home Ministry on Saturday, the Law Ministry said SUA was meant to discourage piracy with an aim is to protect vessels, therefore...

NEW DELHI: In a fresh development in the Italian marines case, the Law Ministry today concurred with the External Affairs Ministry on non-applicability of a controversial anti-piracy law which is being strongly contested by the Italian government. The Law Ministry is of the view that the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) against the safety of Maritime Navigation should not apply in the case against the two Italian marines who have...

BEIJING: China today said its cooperation with the Indian and Japanese navies on international naval escort activities against pirates was proceeding smoothly and winning accolades from the shipping industry. As the reference country of the first quarter, China announced its escort schedule in time and India and Japan made their own escorting plans accordingly so that the three managed to carry out their escort operations in a more orderly and efficient way, Yang Yujun, ...

HYDERABAD: The Motion Pictures Association (MPA), which represents the global audio-visual industry, plans to step up efforts in India to curb piracy by working with local licensees, law enforcement agencies and state governments. In India, piracy of movies is estimated to have caused a loss of a whopping $77 million last year to the industries in Hollywood and Bollywood, while the losses are a staggering $700 million in the Asia Pacific region and $3.5 billion globally. Burning of...

NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry is feeling the heat as a full-blown diplomatic crisis erupted on Tuesday with Italy recalling its ambassador Daniele Mancini and its foreign minister Emma Bonino saying India wishes to postpone the case beyond all limits. A senior government official has conceded to ET that there are still sharp differences between the different ministries, Attorney General GE Vahanvati and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) over...

ROME: Italy has petitioned the UN over the trial of its two marines in India under a strict anti-piracy law for the killing of two Indian fishermen, and said it would exercise "all options" to bring back the naval personnel. Italy has "initiated contact" with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights over "the lack of charges" and the "restriction of freedom" placed on the marines since 2012, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said. ...